Mr. Bonar Law, in an excellent recruiting speech at Bootle
on Monday, drew a comparison between the flawlessness of German mechanism and the mountain of mistakes made by the Germans whenever human nature and moral forces had to be understood or estimated. In the result Britain found herself fighting "not against a superman but against a wild beast." The attack upon defenceless women and children on the coast made us appreciate what would be in store for us if the shield of our Navy should ever fail. [Indeed, one wonders whether there can ever be a Little Navy party again. Or is the folly of mankind capable even of that madness ?] Finally, Mr. Bonar Law declared that it was necessary to preserve the voluntary system while the war lasted. Lord Derby expressed his belief that the Germans would be able to land troops in Britain, and added that Prince Henry of Prussia had visited Scarborough, and that the Germans knew perfectly well that it was an nnfortified place.
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